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The 20 Best Baby Lullabies for Better Baby Sleep

There’s something instantly soothing about traditional baby lullabies – and it’s no accident. These sweet melodies are sleep-inducing because they’re written to be simple, repetitious and naturally calming like womb sounds and white noise.

Since we’re in the business of better baby sleep, we decided to do a little digging and find the best baby lullabies for our Cloud b community. You’re probably already familiar with some of these standards, but you’ll likely find some new tunes, too.

Here are 20 of the best baby lullabies for better baby sleep (as told to us by the moms on our Facebook page):

Of course, most any quiet music can be just as calming and you should experiment to find what works best for your baby. And, in case you’re not ready to commit to all-night crooning, now you can synchronize your favorite lullabies with our new Twilight Turtle Tunes T3 – the first Cloud b character to feature wireless Bluetooth technology.

Using the Twilight Turtle Tunes app, you can choose from a pre-set library of melodies and sounds or create a customized mix to play wirelessly via Twilight Turtle Tunes’ speaker. And, it can be programmed for up to 24 hours! – Though, we can’t guarantee your baby will sleep that long 😉Sign up for our #CloudbClub & receive 10% off your order!

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Rise up this mornin’,
Smiled with the risin’ sun,
Three little birds
Pitch by my doorstep
Singin’ sweet songs
Of melodies pure and true,
Sayin’, “this is my message to you-ou-ou:”

Singin’: “don’t worry about a thing, worry about a thing, oh!
Every little thing gonna be all right. don’t worry!”
Singin’: “don’t worry about a thing” – i won’t worry!
“’cause every little thing gonna be all right.”

Singin’: “don’t worry about a thing,
’cause every little thing gonna be all right” – i won’t worry!
Singin’: “don’t worry about a thing,
’cause every little thing gonna be all right.”
Singin’: “don’t worry about a thing, oh no!
’cause every little thing gonna be all right!

entering your twilight turtle contest, would absolutely love to win, this may be the solution to my sons night time anxiety and he may just sleep for more then 2 hours at a time 🙂 my favorite lullaby would be
Are You Sleeping? (Frère Jacques)

My daughter loved it when I sang “Tiny Dancer” by Elton John. I do not know all the words, therefore made up quite a few. As I write this I am cracking up thinking about it. My son likes Brad Paisley, so we sing “Ticks” (leaving out certain lyrics)….keeping it G-rated 🙂

My favorite lullaby is a Welsh lullaby known as Suo Gan. My mother was half Welsh and half Native American. The song reminds me of a part of my heritage. I sang it to my daughter when she was a newborn.

We are greek and I would sing to both kids “To Ekklisaki” Translation: The poor little church. Very sweet song. Talks about a small poor little church at the top of the mountain, with no chantor and not priest, has a candle almost burnt out and a cross made out of stone, basically giving you hope that as long as you believe…there is always hope.

I made up my own lullaby for now my 8 yr old little girl.
Hush a by don’t u cry
mamas little baby
close your eyes and rest your head
mamas little baby
it’s alright I’m right here
mamas little baby
so close your eyes and go to sleep
mamas little baby.

Use to sing that to her every night and some times she still ask me to sing it to her.

I always loved singing my babies to sleep. I’d start off with the traditional songs and then sing a mix of country music to rock music. It’s amazing how just hearing my voice could calm them down and sooth them into a deep sleep.

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Both of my kids love “You Are My Sunshine.” However, ever since they were babies, they each have a separate song that they like to hear from me, too. For my daughter, it is “You’re Beautiful” by James Blunt (mostly the chorus), and for my son, it has been “Endless Love” by Diana Ross and Lionel Richie. May seem like strange songs for lullabies, but they love them, and I still sing those for them to this day whenever they need cheering up. Works every time! Thanks for the giveaway! 🙂

My grandmother got me hooked on old Elvis Presley movies when I was a little girl and when my husband, a United States Marine, and I had kids it only seemed fitting to sing one of my favorites to help them sleep: Big Boots by Elvis Presley. 🙂

Both my daughters liked hush little baby, you are my sunshine and the abc`s song but my oldest liked the chorus to In the End by Linkin Park and the younger one I sing Bob Marleys Three Little Birds. They would love it if I won them this cloud b turtle, thanks for the awesome giveaway.

I started doing a playlist for my little princess on the way (couple of weeks away). I am french so it’s a mix of french and english actual songs I always loved, my favorite : Les poèmes de michelle – Teri Moïse,

My kids’ favorite songs are always ones that I make up. At the top of the list currently are “The Fat Little Unicorn” and “Omar the Owl” (inspired by my daughter’s nightlight on a particularly fussy evening).

This isn’t exactly traditional, and I’m not sure how it got started but I sing ‘All I Want Is You’ to my baby girls. “All I want is you, will you stay with me? Hold me in your arms and sway me like the sea.” They love it.

A little odd but we have always sang the theme song from the Lawarence Welk Show. Good Night Sleep Tight and Pleasant Dream to You. It has worked for us in the 25 years of child rearing. The joys of being older parents!

Not really a lullaby but the song that has always worked wonders for us and we still use for our 3y old son… The “relax” song that is on your dozy dolphin. I dare anyone not to drift off when that song comes on!

I always played Memories by Elvis Presley when I was expecting my youngest daughter and after she was born I sang it to her and it’s the only song that would soothe her and she’s fall asleep to.
Carol L

A song I made up for my son with his name in it. Sang it to him when he was an infant and now at almost 21 months it still works. He also love his Cloud B Sleep Sheep….he falls asleep to the rain or ocean every night.

Favorite is: “Twinkle, twinkle, little star”..
Classic, but an all time favorite of mine and my two small children! My 3 year old daughter knows all the words, and my 10 month old son loves me to sing him to sleep with that song.

Over in Killarney,many years ago
My mother sang a song to me
in tones so sweet and low
Just a simple little ditty
in her good old Irish way
And I’d give the world if she could sing that song to me this day Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral, Too-ra-loo-ra-li,
Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral, hush now, don’t you cry!
Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral, Too-ra-loo-ra-li,
Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral, that’s an Irish lullaby. Oft in dreams I wander
to that cot again.
I feel her arms a-hugging me
As when she held me then.
And I hear her voice a-hummin’
to me as in the days of yore, when she used to rock me fast asleep
outside the cabin door. Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral, Too-ra-loo-ra-li,
Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral, hush now, don’t you cry!
Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral, Too-ra-loo-ra-li,
Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral, that’s an Irish lullaby.

Angels full of love and light
Come down around this house tonight
As we sleep and as we dream
Please hold us in your golden gleam. Angels full of golden light
Come down into our hearts tonight.
As we dream and as we sleep
Please hold us in your love complete
Amen

I need this so bad my sons projector just stopped working. My lullaby to my son is if tomorrow never comes by garth brooks but i change words like ‘i try in everyway to show him everyday that hes my only son’